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“Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.”–Henry David Thoreau What do you do when you’re stuck? You slow down, take a deep breath, and you simplify. It is the best [...]

“…Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, ‘Stay awhile.’ The light flows from their branches. And they call again, ‘It’s simple,’ they [...]

“One could say that going through loss is the great awakener. It is a potential opening if you don’t run away from it. What is usually condemned as ‘bad’ by the mind and [...]

The video below has a great deal of significance for me for many reasons: Though it’s super short, it still manages to showcase some of my favorite photographs of Day of Dead in San Miguel [...]

“Free. Houseplant. Needs light, love, and a bigger pot.” Today we blessed and released our beloved Ficus that we’ve had for 22 years. Yes, you read that right. We got her when [...]

If you want to put someone to sleep, start talking about your clutter. This is not a judgment, mind you. It’s just a fact. I noticed this pattern a lot in my clearing workshops and retreats [...]

“Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries. Don’t leave home without them.”–Jeff Brown “Generosity cannot exist without boundaries… Boundaries are not easy, but they are [...]

“Tell me, is there any reason not to feel like you’re in heaven when you crawl into bed every night?” –A Year to Clear Whether or not you’re sleeping like a baby these [...]

The video (below) by Erin Janus has been making the rounds. It’s good. It lays it on thick. Even just watching half of it gets the point across. Yes, no one would argue that the world is [...]

“People work through emotions by being able to identify them and use them as signals. A lot of the time, we’re left in the dark. Enter the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, the brainchild of [...]